Can you recommend some short simple scary stories?

Answer 1

One short and simple scary story is 'The Red Room'. A young man challenges the idea that a red - room in an old house is haunted. As he spends the night there, he starts to feel an increasing sense of dread. Strange noises and cold spots make him realize there might be something truly terrifying in the room. In the end, he runs out in panic.

Answer 2

There's the story of 'The Tell - Tale Heart'. A narrator is haunted by an old man's vulture - like eye. He decides to kill the old man and hides his body under the floorboards. But he is driven mad by the sound of the old man's still - beating heart that he imagines he can hear, until he confesses to his crime.

Answer 3

Another one is 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family is given a monkey's paw that can grant three wishes. They wish for money, and it comes at the cost of their son's life. When they try to use the remaining wishes to reverse the tragedy, they are met with more horror as the resurrected son is not the same, but a mangled and angry version of himself.